Contents

The National GAP: Institutional Systems and Curriculum Renewal to Achieve Graduate Attributes by Simon Barrie 1

From the Editor 2

The B Factor Project: Understanding Academic Staff Beliefs about Graduate Attributes – a progress update By Christina David 5

HERDSA members win ALTC Awards 6

HERDSA Fellows Column The HERDSA Fellowship: Reflecting a Continuum of Academic Development By Gillian Hallam 8

The Whole of University Experience Project: Lessons on Attrition From First Year and Beyond By Lesley Willcoxson 10

Learning and Teaching Fellows in the Australian Higher Education Sector Sean Brawley et al. 12

Using Link Maps to Navigate Through the Physics Landscape By Christine Lindstrøm and Manjula D. Sharma 15

Supporting First Year Students: A Pilot Project to Help Students Learn From Early Assessment Failure By Anna Potter 18

The Virtual Interface: Introducing Students to the Virtual Learning Environment By Nicola Dunham 20

Research in Progress By Kate Thomson 22 The Philosopher’s Column “The Mind is Not a Vessel to be Filled But a Fire to be Kindled” By Ann Kerwin 23

Meanderings By Robert Cannon 25

International Column for HERDSA/POD/STLHE Newsletters Educational Development and Academic Practice - Their Relationship to the Social and Economic Expectations of Governments By Geoffrey Crisp, HERDSA President 27

Higher Education in the Headlines By Peter Kandlbinder 29

News from the Branches